Black Baza in forest light

[Debapratim Saha]

Shot years back when leading a BIRD PHOTO TOUR here in the foot hill forest of Darjeeling Himalaya,this is a shy forest predator mostly seen at canopy and usually perches top ,was lucky enough to get him close and at eye level when it was busy searching some prey at low level of forest.

Canon 7D,700mm,f7,1/400s,ISO 800
Thanks for looking,comments welcome.

[Paul Burdett]

What a great looking bird...the brown and white patch adds to its appeal. Background colour compliments the bird. I do feel it could do with a little more noise reduction on the bird. TFS.

[John Mack]

Neat looking bird. Like the perch and that great green background.

[David Salem]

The subject, pose, BG, perch and colors look great but the 7D didn't do well with the darks on this one and has produced to much noise. Starting from scratch wit a good NR software like Neat image will fix this one up well. Love the whole scene and what a unique raptor.

[arash_hazeghi]

very handsome specie and a nice settings, but as Dave mentioned poor IQ is holding this one back
TFS

[Arthur Morris]

IQ looks decent to me. Love the pose and the bird. Getting rid of the small stick would be relatively easy ...

with love, artie